Photograph of André Masson at the opening of "Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by André Masson in the Members’ Room for Modern Art" The Baltimore Museum of Art. To the left of Masson is his painting, "The Pursuit" and to the right of him is his drawing, "Insectes Matadors." With financial assistance from Saidie A. May, Masson and his family fled Europe and arrived in America in the spring of 1941. On October 31st of that year, Masson gave an illustrated lecture, "Cubism and Surrealism" at the opening of a retrospective of his works at the BMA. The exhibition was the first in the BMA's new Members' Room for Modern Art, also funded by May.